【cocky】 - A-level备考词汇

cocky

UK:  ['kɒki]

US:  ['kɑki]

比较级：cockier  最高级：cockiest  

adj.

1.〔口语〕骄傲的,自大的;过分自信的;趾高气扬的

2.逞能;趾高气扬

3.骄傲;自命不凡

1 . One last piece of advice: As you grow your consulting business, don't get cocky. And dont "rest on your laurels" .
10.最后一项忠告：当你的咨询业务成长时，不要与原来的公司争夺客户，以及不要“停下脚步，心满意足”。

2 . Some people take that to be cocky or conceited, but I wasn't going to let anybody tell me that I couldn't do whatever I set out to do.
有些人将我的这种想法视为骄傲或自负，但我不会让任何人对我说我做不到自己想做的事。

3 . I do think the Americans at the time were a bit too cocky and did not understand how powerful the British empire was.
我认为美国人那时候有点过于自信了，没有正确理解当时大英帝国有多强大。

4 . I didn't slack off, but I developed a sort of cocky confidence that I had never experienced in my first three years of college.
我没有松懈，但我养成了一种大学前三年从没有过的骄傲自信的心态。

5 . If I had known it all at age 22, I probably would have been a little cocky.
如果我在22岁的时候就能知道这些了，我可能会变得有些骄傲自大。